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ADONAI UKCHARITY NO. 1136724

ANNUAL REPORT

2010-2011

This report gives a summary of the status of Adonai UK as of July 2011 including funds through the

account in the last financial year, ongoing projects, and plans for the future.

It also gives an overview of the work of Adonai Family Uganda and explains our relationship withthem and other Uganda-based projects supported by our members.


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Table of Contents

PAGE CONTENT

2 Abbreviations used in report

3 Adonai UK the background

3 Adonai Family Uganda an overview

4 Governance of Adonai UK including membership

5 - 6 Our Vision and work

6 Statement of Public Benefit

7 Child Sponsorship Report

8 Partner Projects

9 - 11 Financial Report

12 Current and Future projects

12 Appreciation

Abbreviations used in this report

A-UK Adonai UK

AFU Adonai Family Uganda

ACDC Adonai Child Development Centre

NGO Non Government Organisation

URC United Reformed Church

MoU Memorandum of Understanding


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Adonai UK the background

Adonai UK was established primarily to support the work of Adonai Family Uganda (AFU), a Ugandan

NGO founded and directed by Pastor Aloysious Luswata. Teams from Tadley have been visiting and

supporting AFU for several years as part of mission trips to Uganda and have found the Director to

be trustworthy and conscientious. His vision and enthusiasm are contagious. Adonai UK was formedat his request to coordinate, support and extend the work of these teams and to ensure that

finances from the UK directed to AFU were kept separate from those directed to other projects that

the teams support so aiding transparency and accountability. A brief description of the other

organisations supported by Tadley teams is given in the financial report on page 8 of this report.

Adonai Family Uganda an overview

AFU started life informally with Aloysious and Abby Luswata taking orphans and needy children into

their own home. They also founded a primary school. As the numbers of needy children increased

the need to formalise the arrangements became obviously apparent. With the aid of Tadley URC,land was purchased and a home was built for the children. This currently houses over 20 children

cared for by 2 house parents whose job it is to create the family atmosphere that these children

would otherwise lack. It has recently been re-named Jajja Penny House in honour of their patron.

New buildings for the junior school and teachers accommodation were erected on the same site as

the home, funded by a charity called Fields of Life who operate throughout East Africa. However the

infant school remained in its original basic accommodation. At this stage the whole project was

called Adonai Child Development Centre (ACDC).

The work of ACDC grew and began to extend into the community in order to help the families of the

children at the centre. They did this through organising activities and training courses aimed at

helping individuals make positive life style changes and to improve their chances of generating an

income so enabling independence and self-sufficiency. These activities have included workshops for

adults on health, nutrition, marriage, parenting and child care as well as workshops for the local

youth on making positive choices. Adonai duly gained recognition for its work and achieved

registration as an NGO in January 2010. It was then renamed Adonai Family Uganda to encompass

its ever-expanding vision. Adonai Child Development Centre remains at the hub of this work.

A change in government regulations meant that the Infant School needed to be relocated. With the

aid of a generous benefactor the Ron Eyre Building has been constructed to house both the Infant

Department and Administration Block. The entire childrens centre is now sited on one compoundwith its own borehole for a fresh water supply. Thanks to another generous benefactor, Jajja Penny

House also has its own electricity supply sourced by solar panels on the roof. This not only benefits

the children living in the home but also enables the Director and his team to use computers more

readily for administration purposes.

Current projects at AFU include the purchase of agricultural land. Details of this project can be found

on p12 of this report. They would also like to provide secondary education and vocational training

to build on the work of Adonai primary school.

AFU hopes to be able to reach out to other needy areas of Uganda in the future and has a vision to

rescue and provide a home for street children.


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Governance of Adonai UK

Adonai UK is a registered charity (no 1136724) governed by a trust deed which was adopted by the

current team of trustees on 13th

April 2010. There are currently 5 trustees (listed below) who have

been appointed to these positions for a term of 3 years. The trust deed clearly sets out criteria for

selecting new trustees. Our registered address is 26 New Road, Tadley RG26 3LA. Our charitable

objects as laid down in this trust deed are:

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship (in Africa, particularly Uganda):

by providing grants, items and services to organizations and individuals; by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all

the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and

be self-sufficient.

Trustees: Richard Britton Chair

Hazel Britton Administration Officer

Christine Allwright Child Sponsorship Co-ordinator

Dina Haywood Finance Officer

Dave Haywood General support

Patron of Adonai Family Uganda (appointed by the board of AFU): Penny OBee

Other members:

Adonai UK members include existing visitors to AFU from the Tadley area as well as more recent

sponsors and supporters. The latter are mainly from the Tadley/Basingstoke area but A-UK also has

a growing number of supporters in other parts of the country.

N.B. Although not registered as a faith-based charity, the trustees, patron and regular visitors to

AFU all share the Christian faith and are affiliated to churches across Tadley. The charity is run on

Christian principles but is open to those of any faith or none. All we ask is that members are

committed to and supportive of the work of AFU.

MoU: A Memorandum of Understanding between the board of AFU and the trustees of A-UK has

been drafted and is under discussion.


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Our Vision

Our vision is to aid the work of AFU through raising awareness and finance in the UK as well as

providing practical support, training and advice when appropriate and feasible.

Our Work

1. Raising AwarenessThe trustees, patron and members with firsthand experience of AFU give talks to various groups and

organisations. This year talks have been given to schools, churches, youth groups, residential homes,

and breakfast meetings. Information on Adonai has been on display at all fundraising activities and

events with literature available to be taken away. As a result, ongoing partnerships have been

formed with some of these organisations details on page 8.

Our facebook group, Adonai UK, is open to anyone and is used to keep interested parties abreast of

A-UK activities and member visits to AFU. It has a photo gallery of both UK events and the people

and buildings at AFU. Adonai Family Uganda also has a facebook group administered by Aloysious

Luswata and the two are used in tandem to keep supporters informed.

2. Raising FinanceFunds are raised in a variety of ways: events and activities, regular and one off donations from

groups and individuals, child sponsorship, grants.

Events hosted by members have included:

A cabaret evening in 2010 which funded the completion of the kitchen for the childrenshome

70s/80s disco in 2011 along with a substantial private donation funded the completion ofthe Ron Eyre Building (Infant Department of the Primary School)

A cheese and wine evening with an auction of promises raised a substantial amount for theland project

Knickers and a natter collected several bags of underwear for needy children Longer term activities have included 1 week in Rotations Charity Shop in Whitchurch which

supported youth camps and building projects.

40% share of the profits from the charity shop and snack bar in the Popley Spotlight Centrehas supported building projects, provided monthly funding for the primary school,

restocked the medicine chest, provided a contingency fund for emergencies at AFU and

covered our only administration cost the transfer of funds to Uganda. (see partnerprojects p8)


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These and other activities along with private donations have funded the following at AFU:

Fitting out Jajja Penny House: beds and bedding, mosquito nets, cupboards and storage,solar panel

Completing and kitting out the kitchen and store for the childrens home Floors and beds in the teachers accommodation Constructing the Ron Eyre building (page 3) Purchasing and stocking a medicine cabinet Regular funding to the school for resources Christmas party and bull (fresh meat donated to the needy in the community) Purchase of land for stage 1 of the project (see page 12) Sponsorship of 69 children (see page 7)

3. VisitsAlthough none of the trustees have visited AFU since October 2009, there has been a steady flow of

UK visitors to AFU over the last 12 months. The patron spent 4 months in Uganda. During this time

she continued research begun the previous year into the plight of the Karamajon, a marginalised

community from the North of Uganda. The Director of AFU visited Karamoja with her to consider

how AFU could help. A pilot project has now been drawn up.

Many of the other visitors to AFU were making return visits but for some it was a first experience of

Uganda. Activities undertaken by these visitors have included: teaching in Adonai Primary School

and running workshops with teachers; practical tasks such as building, carpentry, electrics, painting;

training on health, nutrition, relationships, childcare; visiting the many projects that AFU are

involved in; visiting children already sponsored and those in need of sponsorship.

The visitors not only assist AFU during their time in Uganda but greatly assist the work of A-UK by

raising awareness from firsthand experience. They also enable us to monitor the success of projects

we have supported in terms of their public benefit through providing photographic, written and/or

verbal evidence.

Public Benefit

The beneficiaries of our work are the 69 children sponsored who receive support with education,

clothing, healthcare and nutrition; the families of these children as they are included on the AFU

feeding programme; members of the local community who attend workshops and conferences on

life skills and making positive life style choices; members of the local community who receive loans

and support for micro-finance projects; the 360 children (approximately) who attend Adonai Primary

School; the staff at the school who benefit from teaching resources, teaching input, and the

teachers accommodation for those who live on site.


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Child Sponsorship Report

We currently have 69 children sponsored as well as the Luswata Family themselves. This is a

wonderful achievement from Adonais humble beginnings in 2007 when there were 11 children

sponsored. Each year new sponsors have come on board as follows:

2008 18 new children sponsored

2009 19 new children sponsored

2010 13 new children sponsored & the Luswata Family

2011 currently 10 new children sponsored

In practical terms, when a child is sponsored he or she is provided with an education and receiveshealthcare. The whole biological family (if there is one) benefits from the AFU feeding programme

and is, of course, kept under the watchful eye of the Director, Aloysious Luswata, and his staff. We

at A-UK are made aware of any major problems with the sponsored children which in turn are

passed on by our Child Sponsorship Co-ordinator to the sponsors concerned, if appropriate.

Children sponsored through A-UK live in a variety of different situations. These include those who

are total orphans (or for some other reason have nowhere else to live) living in Jajja Penny House,

those living in single parent households and also those who, for whatever reason, have been left in

the care of grandparents. The children sponsored, or waiting to be sponsored, are always those that

AFU considers to have the greatest need.

Our sponsors continue to be very generous with many requests coming to us for visitors to take gifts

over for their children! These are sent whenever luggage space allows and include lots of Christmas

and birthday presents, letters and cards, clothing including woolly jumpers and hats (which are

surprisingly popular with the children!) as well as lots of gifts just to show they are loved.

Of course, there are always children waiting to be sponsored, and we can feel discouraged by the

numbers at times, but we should be encouraged that each child sponsored also brings benefits to

those around them, whether it is food for their biological family or extra schoolbooks for their

family at Adonai.

In conclusion I can safely say that these childrens lives are being transformed by the vision of

Aloysious and Abby Luswata. We at A-UK are simply assisting in their work and are privileged to be

able to do so.

Christine Allwright

Child Sponsorship Co-ordinator


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Partner Projects

Burnham Copse Primary School

We have set up a penpal scheme this year between Burnham Copse Primary School, Tadley and

Adonai Junior School, Namugoga with the intention of sharing cultures, life styles etc. as well as

being an educational tool to improve the English skills of both sets of pupils. Each child has been

assigned a specific penpal to get to know. Initially there were letters exchanged between P3/P4 at

Adonai Junior School and Yr3/Yr4 at Burnham Copse. Burnham Copse is very keen to extend the

letter writing to include other years and we have recently sent over letters from Yr5 to P5 at Adonai.

The Hurst Community College

Following a series of house assemblies at the Hurst Community College one of the teachers took on

sponsorship of a child at Adonai. His enthusiasm has spilled over to his tutor group who wanted toknow more. Following a more informal visit they have completed a scrapbook about themselves and

their school, collected toiletries for wash bags, small gifts to fill 3 shoe boxes as well as 5 for a

mosquito net! This is becoming a really nice contact and a possible opening to doing more at the

Hurst.

The Popley Spotlight Centre

In September 2010 A-UK was invited to join Peace of Mind Care in the running of a charity shop and

snack bar in the Spotlight Centre. In return for providing volunteer man-power, A-UK received a

share of the profits which has provided regular finance for AFU. As the Spotlight Centre has

expanded and evolved, A-UK has found it difficult to meet the growing needs so made the decision

to withdraw at the end of the summer term.

Support from the U.S.

AFU also receives support from other sources including the U.S. The latter is co-ordinated by Bruce

Karmazin who visited AFU along with his son in 2009. A-UK liaises with Bruce over fundraising

projects and hopes to work more closely with him in the future. Bruce has set up a website for AFU

www.adonaicentre.org. His most recent project was to fund a vehicle which has proved to be ofgreat benefit to AFU and was used almost immediately it was purchased to transport a sick child to

hospital.
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Financial Report

The Adonai UK bank account not only serves as a vehicle to transport funds to AFU but also to two

related projects: Ruach Life and Masajja Community Primary School. Many A-UK members support

these two organisations as well as AFU.

Ruach Life is a Uganda based Christian organisation. It started life as Reach which was the brain-

child of a Ugandan Pastor, Martin Sendagi. Penny OBee (UK) partnered with him to support and

facilitate the work. Since Martin left for pastures new, Ruach has continued to function and grow

under the leadership of Collin Sentembwe and Aloysious Luswata with Penny as a trustee. Their

vision is to reach the needy and vulnerable through providing practical and financial support. They

work mainly in rural areas where facilities and support can be hard to find.

Tadley involvement:

Health and nutrition workshops (including natural family planning); dental outreach missions; Youth

Alpha and other discipleship courses; marriage courses; schools work; training for pastors and

church leaders; practical work such as carpentry and painting; child sponsorship; awareness and

fundraising in the UK. Up to date information is given in Ruach News - a newsletter produced by

Paul Gross from Tadley URC.

An MoU is in place between AFU and Ruach Life allowing funds for Ruach Life to go through the A-

UK and AFU accounts. Details of transfers from the A-UK account are sent to the responsible persons

listed below.

Responsible persons: Penny OBee and Mark Ward for UK; Pastor Aloysious Luswata for Uganda.

Masajja Christian Centre is on the outskirts of Kampala and is comprised of a church and primary

school. It is run by Pastor John Ssali Katumba and his team. The school was set up to cater for thepoor and needy children in the community offering a good education alongside love and care. John

has also established two more Christian centres in rural areas: Kasaka and Ntanzi.

Tadley Involvement:

Teacher training and fund-raising projects for all 3 centres; daily feeding programme at Masajja

(porridge) from Main Road Methodist Church; fundraising for school resources from Bishopswood

Junior School.

Funds go through the A-UK account directly to the account for Masajja Christian Centre in Kampala.

Details of the transfers are sent to the responsible persons listed below.

Responsible persons: Richard and Hazel Britton for UK; Pastor John Ssali Katumba for Uganda.

The trustees are confident that the work of both of these organisations is in line with the charitable

objects of A-UK detailed on page 4 of this report.

The total amounts sent to the three organisations in the financial year 2010-2011 were:

AFU 21,832.43

Ruach Life 5811

Masajja 1992.10


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Income for Account Year ending 30th June 2011

Incoming

Unrestricted

Funds

Restricted

Funds

Sponsorship (Adonai) 12565.01

Sponsorship

(Ruach Life) 1150.00

Donations

(Ruach Life) 4661.00

Donations

(Masajja Christian Centre) 1992.10

Building Fund for

Ron Eyre Building (Adonai) 2006.00

Smaller Value Donations

(Adonai) 1268.97

Activities for generating funds 5663.05 329.40

Total

Total incoming 8924.12 20711.41 29635.53

Outgoing

Sponsorship (Adonai) -12565.01

Sponsorship (Ruach Life) -1150.00

Donations (Ruach Life) -4661.00

Donations

(Masajja Christian Centre) -1992.10

Building Fund forRon Eyre Building (Adonai) -2006.00

School Resources, First Aid

Needs, Medical Fees, General

Building Needs, Land Needs -6466.72 -329.40

Bank Transfer Costs

UK to Uganda -168.00

Balance Carried Forward

to year 2010 - 2011 -297.30 Total

Total Outgoing -8924.12 -20711.41 -29635.53


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Current and Future Projects

Land for Adonai Family Uganda

AFU aims to purchase agricultural land for food cultivation and livestock. There are 2 phases to this

project:

Phase 1: Land for Adonai Centre. This involves the purchase of 16 acres of agricultural land for

ACDC. The dual purpose of this phase is (a) to teach children valuable life skills (farming) (b) to

enable ACDC to become more self-sufficient. With the escalating cost of food in East Africa this

would be of great benefit to those at Adonai.

Phase 2: Karamoja Project. A further 14 acres of land would provide homes and agricultural land

for migrants from Karamoja. The children would be housed in five family units of eight children with

house parents.

A-UK in conjunction with Tadley URC and other members have already raised funds for phase 1. This

has been achieved through fundraising events, private donations and a grant from the group MIMN

(Meetings Industry Meeting Needs) who have funded 4 acres. We would like to take this opportunity

to extend our grateful thanks to all who have contributed. Details will be reported in next years

annual report and accounts.

Fundraising for phase 2 is underway.

Childrens Home No 2 and Visitor Accommodation

With Jajja Penny House full to the point of overcrowding, a second home could be a necessity soon.

The growing number of volunteer teams visiting the centre also needs to be addressed with regards

to accommodation as at present Adonai staff vacate their own rooms to allow visitors to stay in

them. A possible solution to this has been proposed by the Director of AFU who suggests that the

second childrens home could incorporate extra rooms that would be set aside for visitors. A-UK is in

discussion with Aloysious and Bruce Karmazin (U.S. rep) over the viability of this project.

Appreciation

The trustees of A-UK would like to thank all members and supporters who have made our work of

supporting AFU possible. We have been amazed by the rate at which our support network has grown

and feel privileged to be able to support AFU on your behalf.

We are always grateful to receive ideas for raising funds and/or awareness. Please feel free toapproach any of the trustees personally or email us at [email protected]

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